When I turned our rental car into the parking lot of our hotel, TRH Motilla @Dos Hermanas (Sevilla), I noticed
this Hispano HA.200 Saeto E.14 A 17 (53-397) right next to it. What a pleasant surprise!

On display along the N-4.

Allegedely some sources these days seem to claim it's a fake id, but I don't think it's a fake id. From 'Spanish & Portugese Military Aviation' by John M. Andrade (Midland Counties Publication, 1977) it shows a long list of these planes "Hispano HA 200A (E.14A), HA 200B (E.14B), HA 220A (C.10A), HA 220D (C.10B, C.10C) and listed among all the individual aircraft is this one with same registration (except shows 793-53, but depends on which side one looks at the aircraft). Bob Ogden's 'Aviation Museums and Collections of Mainland Europe' (2nd Edition, Air-Britain - 2009)' also has it as fake, without and history. If so, what happened to the real E.14A-17? EMAIL

Hispano HA.200 Saeto E.14 A 17 (53-397) in Dos Hermanas (Sevilla)

Monumento de Dos Hermanas: Hispano HA.200D Saeta

Malaga Aeronautical Museum

A look towards the office, the entrance is free (donations welcomed). Date of visit: 27Mar2024.
What's on display and with additional information is copied from a page of Bog Ogden's book at bottom page.

First I made my way to the Douglas DC-3 but I came across a small airplane first.

There were no identifying markings nor an explanation on its history. Located in some sort of bunker.
By Bob Ogden's 'Aviation Museums and Collections of Mainland Europe' (2nd Edition, Air-Britain - 2009)' I
could identify it as Wassmer WA-40 Super IV, OO-GRH (c/n 102).
The bunker seems to cover digs and graves for which I found no clarification.

Douglas DC-3 (C-47B Skytrain), 'EC-ABC' (c/n 34361/17094; ex/ 45-1091, N86442, T.3-50, EC-CPO)

'EC-ABC' made into the livery of IBERIA, Líneas Aéreas de España [WIKIPEDIA]

History of c/n 34361/17094 from Air Britain's 'The First Seventy Years' (2006, Vol.2).

Obviously the C-47 Skytrain variant of the DC-3, where the passenger door is part of a larger cargo door.

A nice display inside the fuselage of 'EC-ABC'

To this photo Neville Webb (his gallery here) remarked: "Note the round knobs [balls] on throttle levers
and prop pitch levers. I believe that's where the expression "Balls to the Wall" originated! Take-off power!"

The front office!

 

The Beechcraft E18S is undergoing final touches of renovation.

Outdoor display, with storms and severe heat here, requires regular maintenance on these vintage aircraft.

Beechcraft E18S, 'EC-ASJ' (c/n BA-6; ex/ N3600B, PH-LPS, N9886A- by Bob Ogden's guidebook)

The genuine EC-ASJ (c/n AF-752) is preserved at Cuatro Vientos, see MY 2004 REPORT, but AF-752 is not there)

The Beechcraft was recently repainted, I was told.

The cockpit windscreens get a bit of TLC or maybe they were removed for the respray.
In the background the first control tower in Malaga.

I've seen photos (Airhistory.net) of 10 years ago where it is dispalyed with Spantax titles and 'EC-ASJ' on the tail

Volunteer from the I.E.S. Politécnico Jesus Marin - Malága at work

No doubt titles and a registration will be added later. A reason to return here some day (perhaps)!
But updates by readers are welcome too (EMAIL)

 

Convair 440-75, N8042W (c/n 503), here on display as Kar-Air's OH-VKN.

From Bob Ogden's 'Aviation Museums and Collections of Mainland
Europe'(2nd Edition, Air-Britain - 2009)' I have its previous identities,
besides N8042W: SE-BSY, A2-BSY, ZS-JVO, A2-ABH.

Over 10 years ago Frans Truyens sent me his photos taken in Malaga (see HIS GALLERY) and I did most of the research on these aircraft, so for the Convair I copied its history and why c/n 503 is preserved in KAR-AIR livery.

Convair CV440 OH-VKN, preserved @Museo Nacional de Aéropuertos y Transporte Aéreo, Malaga (Spain). Photo taken 08Feb013. Frans Truyens added the following history of this aircraft (certain data corrected or added from 'The Convairliners Story' by Air-Britain, 1997): 'This aircraft is not the original OH-VKN! The construction number (c/n) is 503 and it was first delivered on 19Feb1958 as SE-BSY (named 'Assur Viking') to SAS. It was declared 'without further use' (WFU) at Copenhagen in Dec.1975. On 10Mar1976 it was bought & registered as A2-BSY for Botswana Desert Airways. The owner was AVNA Airways. In May 1976 it was registered as ZS-JVO to National Air Charter in South Africa. And in 1978 rereg'd A2-ABH on a lease by Kalahari Air Services / National Airways. On 15Aug79 it joined Cochise Airlines in the USA, as N8042W. Its registration was changed on 22Nov82, putting down the owner as Flight Trails Inc., of Carlsbad,NM. And on 12Mar84 to Whispering Palms Resort (Air Resort Airlines). Again declared WFU, it was stored at Carlsbad on 31May2000. This aircraft ended up in Málaga, still wearing its American tailnumber, but unable to state the year it made the transfer to Spain. And at some point it was made over in its present livery and OH-VKN tailnumber. The original OH-VKN of KAR-AIR (c/n 497), allegedly, was the first charter (in 1975) to land at Málaga's airport. Hence the tribute.'

Floor panels were replaced to make it suitable for display

The cockpit

Convair, 'OH-VKN'

 

Slow progress on this project

DeHavilland DH-104 Dove 7A, c/n 04534 (ex/ CN-MBA, N9888A, OB+403, EC+386, MD+386)

Once it graced the lawn at Malaga Int'l Airport (AGP), later it was sidelined to a field (see Trans Truyens's
gallery, it still had some paint on but was in a derelict state).

I've copied the research and information on Frans Truyen's page on my website:

Frans Truyens sent me this in Feb.2013: "Made these photos (see his gallery on my website) at the Aeromuseo in Málaga on 08Feb13. As you can see the Dove is in a real bad shape! Even the cabin door had fallen out... I put it back and asked my wife to hold it in place, so I could make a photograph in an attempt to dress the Dove with a shade of dignity!" Aad van der Voet provided these details of its history: "Even though this aircraft is painted as PH-VLA, it is in fact N9888A, c/n 04534. This is ex Moroccan Air Force CN-MBA and it was acquired by Euroworld/Visionair (Jeff Hawke) as N9888A in the late 1970s. It was stored at Malaga in 1979, and it was never to leave... Initially its condition was allowed to deteriorate, but later it was placed on display near the airport terminal in anonymous colours, without titles or registration. In 1998 it was acquired by the Museo Nacional de Aéropuertos y Transporte Aéreo, and in late 1999 they painted it in Martin's Air Charter colours as 'PH-VLA', to honour the airline that had been so important to its airport and its tourism industry. Martin's Air Charter's real PH-VLA was not a DH.104 Dove, but a DH.114 Heron: c/n 14050. This aircraft was sold in 1964, and eventually became a Saunders ST-27 conversion in Canada. It was broken up in the early or mid 1980s. There was one other 'PH-VLA'! In May 1961 DH.104 Dove c/n 04184 became PH-VLC, but it was accidentally painted as PH-VLA. This was of course soon corrected to PH-VLC. This aircraft eventually ended up in Senegal as 6V-ACM, fate unknown."

deHavilland D.H. 104 Dove 7, N9888A (c/n 04534). Good to see it safely secured for preservation.

deHavilland D.H. 104 Dove 7, N9888A (c/n 04534). Apologies for going beyond the rope, but my goal was sincere!

McDonnell Douglas DC-9, EC-CGO (c/n 47640, 'Pedro Alonso Niño').
Only the forward fuselage is preserved, from inside the building one can have a look inside.

Pedro Alonso Niño (c. 1455 – c. 1505) was a Afro-Spanish [dubious] explorer during the 15th century. He piloted the Santa María during Christopher Columbus's first voyage to the Americas in 1492, and accompanied him on his 3rd voyage in 1498 to Trinidad. [¬ Wikipedia]

One of the buildings of the Museum is the first passenger terminal at Malaga Airport. When it was built, the
entire current airport area was intended for agricultural use. Maybe that's why it looks like a farmhouse
instead of an airport...☺

Nice to see Martinair is represented in this display of model airliners too.

Air Holland, Transavia & Martinair. Malaga was a tourist destination for package tours ('IT') since 1960s.

Graves? I would welcome information n these digs.. EMAIL

There seem to be graves (?) from a distant history here too. Alas, the information was in Spanish only.

EMAIL for details of prehistoric history, the Phoenicians and the Romans, thank you!

The end

From Bob Ogden's 'Aviation Museums and Collections of Mainland Europe' (2nd Edition, Air-Britain - 2009)'

From this list I did not notice the presence of Aero Super 45S (EC-APH), Dornier Do.27B (EC-CFS) nor
the McDonnell F-4C Phantom. But I was pleased that the deHavilland Dove 'PH-VLA' was now preserved here!
(Note: I may not have explored all rooms, so the smaller aircraft may have been displayed somewhere inside).

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